Ikimono-gakari

Ikimono-gakari - Sakura

The album was released in Japan on July 24, 2013 in two editions. The regular edition (ESCL-4091), had for its first pressings an Ikimono card #036 and a raffle ticket for additional prizes which included a T-shirt and a hand fan. The limited edition (ESCL-4089-90) included a DVD featuring a radio interview "イッキーモンキーのiラジオ" Ikkey Monkey's iRadio, a twelve-sided panorama photo shoot of the Ikimono-gakari members and a special box packaging to display pictures of the three members.

The album contains five previously released tracks; four of which are A-side singles: "Haru Uta", "Kaze ga Fuiteiru", "1 2 3 ~Koi ga Hajimaru~" and "Egao". A fifth track, "Ashita no Sora", was the B-side to "1 2 3 ~Koi ga Hajimaru~".

Though to an extent a reference to the songwriters themselves, the title "I" is largely a reference to the fact that the band had intended the listeners to develop a personal connection with the album and to give the impression that the songs were being sung from the listener's perspective. "I" is also significant for being the most common letter of the alphabet in "Ikimonogakari" and (when pronounced phonetically) sounds not only like 愛 ai the Japanese for love but also 哀 ai the Japanese for sadness, a reference to the emotions the band hopes convey to the listeners.

Tracklist

SAKURA

KIRA★KIRA★TRAIN

HANABI

Kimi to Aruita Kisetsu (君と歩いた季節)

Koisuru Otome (コイスルオトメ)

Ryuusei Miracle (流星ミラクル)

Seishun no Tobira (青春のとびら)

Hinageshi (ひなげし)

Hot Milk (ホットミルク)

Iroha ni Ho e To (いろはにほへと)

Uruwashiki Hito (うるわしきひと)

Natsu Koi (夏・コイ)

Tayumu Koto Naki Nagare no Naka de (タユムコトナキナガレノナカデ)

Sakura (Acoustic Ver.) (Bonus Track)

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